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Apuntes-Direct Object Pronouns Direct object- is the person(s) or thing(s) that receive the action of the verb. answers questions What? or Whom? replaces/refers to things or people in English it translates to “it” when it replaces/refers to things agrees in # and gender with noun they are replacing when the pronoun replaces both masculine and feminine nouns use los la, los, las may be confused with the definite articles la, los, las; just remember when one of these words isn’t followed by a noun, it is probably replacing one (noun) rather than serving as an article In Spanish: Lo La Los Las The DOP comes right before the verb. (in case that there’s a negative: the no precedes(before) the direct object pronoun ejemplos: a. Vicente no trae las bebidas a la fiesta. (Vicente doesn’t bring the beverages to the party). Vicente no las trae a la fiesta. (Vicente doesn’t bring them to the party). b. El jefe no invita a las mujeres. (The boss doesn’t invite the women). El jefe no las invita. (The boss doesn’t invite the women). Personal a there is no translation in English for it when the direct object of a sentence is a person or any word referring to a person the preposition a is placed in front of the direct object disappears when turned into a pronoun ejemplos: a. María invita a Laura. (María invites Laura.) b. El padre mira a los niños. (The father sees the children.) c. El maestro llama a los estudiantes. (The teacher calls the students.) Direct object pronouns Singular me (me) te (you) lo (him) or (it)when replacing an object la (her) or (it) when replacing an object you formal (usted / ud.) María la invita. El padre los mira. El maestro los llama. Plural nos (us) os (you all) los (them) or (it)when replacing an object las (them) or (it)when replacing an object you formal (ustedes / uds.) to determine which pronoun to use consider what pronoun you would use if you were using a subject pronoun and select the direct object pronoun from the “same” spot in the table. Direct Object Pronoun Placement before the conjugated verb Benjamín tiene los discos. Yo tengo la pluma. attached to the end of an infinitive a. when there are two verbs in a sentence the first verb gets conjugated and the second verb is left in the infinitive form Voy a mirar la televisión. Daniel la quiere llamar. Benjamín los tiene. Yo la tengo. Voy a mirarla. Daniel quiere llamarla. attached to a participle a. since attaching to the participle messes up the natural stress an accent mark must be added to the vowel preceding(before) –ndo b. you can always choose to place the object pronouns in front of the conjugated form of estar and avoid using a written accent mark Juan la está llamando. Están mirando la TV. Juan está llamándola. Están mirándola. Transitive Verbs- verbs that require a direct object, it sounds incomplete if you try to use them without a direct object dar- to give traer- to bring invitar- to invite llamar- to call comprar- to buy llevar- to carry (away), to take (away), to wear querer (e>ie) – to want escribir- to write mirar-to watch, look, to look at ayudar – to help buscar- to look for esperar- to wait for necesitar- to need